World Affairs Editor of The Independent, author and broadcaster.https://bsky.app/profile/samkiley.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/samkiley.bsky.social/post/3mwo4dgtakc26Five eyes - four of them anyway - look away fron the white house https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-raf-fairford-plot-rubio-uk-us-intelligence-b3058033.html29 Sep 2026 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:onj33olia72gwbsntvkl44wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwo4dgtakc26https://bsky.app/profile/samkiley.bsky.social/post/3mvie6awpv22ehttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-boris-johnson-attack-david-petraeus-putin-b3049500.html14 Sep 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:onj33olia72gwbsntvkl44wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvie6awpv22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/samkiley.bsky.social/post/3muwx3ansyc2aBad news from Germany https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/afd-putin-ukraine-germany-witkoff-kushner-trump-b3045961.html07 Sep 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:onj33olia72gwbsntvkl44wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwx3ansyc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/samkiley.bsky.social/post/3muhu67gtmk2xVlad is feeling the heat https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/modi-putin-trump-russia-ukraine-india-b3042661.html01 Sep 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:onj33olia72gwbsntvkl44wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhu67gtmk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/samkiley.bsky.social/post/3mttr2szd222phttps://www.independent.co.uk/voices/israel-mariam-abu-dagga-gaza-death-b3038175.html24 Aug 2026 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:onj33olia72gwbsntvkl44wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttr2szd222phttps://bsky.app/profile/samkiley.bsky.social/post/3mqec2jvw2c2oNew podcast WHY PUTIN CANNOT MAKE PEACE https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/putin-ukraine-peace-ousted-power-bill-browder-world-of-trouble-b3011984.html11 Jul 2026 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:onj33olia72gwbsntvkl44wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqec2jvw2c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/samkiley.bsky.social/post/3mhihxzxbnk2cThis is the extraordinary tale of Sergeant Serhi who spent 471 days non stop fighting Russia in a frontline bunker not far from Bakhmut. An historic story of human endurance and fortitude and a warning - this is drone warfare. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Mar 2026 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:onj33olia72gwbsntvkl44wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhihxzxbnk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/samkiley.bsky.social/post/3mh6xteeldc2sHow trump is wrecking Ukraine's plans to bankrupt Russia's war machine https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-dead-compensation-oil-sanctions-trump-b2939283.html16 Mar 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:onj33olia72gwbsntvkl44wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6xteeldc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/samkiley.bsky.social/post/3mgvdo3ym3k2yAI has brought a new way of war to the Middle East – and makes crimes harder to hide https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/artificial-intelligence-iran-gaza-israel-b2937251.html12 Mar 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:onj33olia72gwbsntvkl44wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgvdo3ym3k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/samkiley.bsky.social/post/3mgcodekhh22sVolodymyr Zelensky tells me he probably won’t run again and that Ukraine’s defences risk being weakened by the Iran war in our exclusive podcast interview here https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/zelensky-warning-how-trumps-iran-missile-strikes-risk/id1878734349?i=1000753320861 And here https://open.spotify.com/episode/2OSGtvIhLXKYHPwOuExGXU05 Mar 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:onj33olia72gwbsntvkl44wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgcodekhh22shttps://bsky.app/profile/samkiley.bsky.social/post/3mffewsth6k2z‘The only place to hide from Putin’s killer drones is our underground school’ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-nikopol-russia-war-drones-underground-school-b2924015.html21 Feb 2026 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:onj33olia72gwbsntvkl44wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mffewsth6k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/samkiley.bsky.social/post/3mf2a6svges2jGrowing up in a cold and dark Ukraine under constant Russian attack https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-putin-electricity-energy-drones-weather-b2920218.html17 Feb 2026 09:17 +0000at://did:plc:onj33olia72gwbsntvkl44wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2a6svges2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/samkiley.bsky.social/post/3mdncb6i2rk22Why Iran is the wrong war for Trump to back Why Iran is the wrong war for Trump to back https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/trump-iran-ukraine-russia-war-armada-b2910513.html30 Jan 2026 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:onj33olia72gwbsntvkl44wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdncb6i2rk22https://bsky.app/profile/samkiley.bsky.social/post/3mcxcwghhnk22Greenland may be the Big Distraction and it (again) serves Putin but it is also clear that Trump has personal contempt for Europeans and they are no Longer hiding theirs. No military force on Greenland but Trump’s biggest threat came in what he didn’t say https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/trump-greenland-davos-europe-us-b2904912.html21 Jan 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:onj33olia72gwbsntvkl44wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcxcwghhnk22https://bsky.app/profile/samkiley.bsky.social/post/3mbk3hk2g6c2xTrump has announced that it was mostly all about oil. He is weirdly honest. This is the moment that Donald Trump unleashed anarchy https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-venezuela-maduro-captured-caracas-invasion-b2893889.html03 Jan 2026 18:54 +0000at://did:plc:onj33olia72gwbsntvkl44wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbk3hk2g6c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/samkiley.bsky.social/post/3m6rq3wwu2k2fWatch or listen to the brilliant Fiona Hill on my podcast World of Trouble. How Putin manipulates Trump https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/trump-putin-russia-ukraine-war-fiona-hill-world-of-trouble-b2873031.html29 Nov 2025 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:onj33olia72gwbsntvkl44wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6rq3wwu2k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/samkiley.bsky.social/post/3m6i7fyq43k2jRevolving door [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Nov 2025 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:onj33olia72gwbsntvkl44wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6i7fyq43k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/samkiley.bsky.social/post/3m6aeg56mhk2gIs Trump really all that the West has to offer?? https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-trump-peace-deal-deadline-russia-europe-b2870392.html22 Nov 2025 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:onj33olia72gwbsntvkl44wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6aeg56mhk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/samkiley.bsky.social/post/3m5tsrnw7mk26What The New Rogue Order means https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-venezuela-strikes-maduro-drugs-b2866621.html17 Nov 2025 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:onj33olia72gwbsntvkl44wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5tsrnw7mk26https://bsky.app/profile/samkiley.bsky.social/post/3m5ooyivtvc25NATO UnWARWISE https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/nato-war-russia-ukraine-soldiers-drones-b2863755.html15 Nov 2025 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:onj33olia72gwbsntvkl44wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ooyivtvc25https://bsky.app/profile/samkiley.bsky.social/post/3m547twrchk2hhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/trump-orban-meeting-putin-b2860706.html08 Nov 2025 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:onj33olia72gwbsntvkl44wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m547twrchk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/samkiley.bsky.social/post/3m547p5prr22hhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-weapons-industry-missiles-drones-russia-war-b2860090.html08 Nov 2025 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:onj33olia72gwbsntvkl44wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m547p5prr22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/samkiley.bsky.social/post/3m4vlrvk6322whttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pokrovsk-russian-offensive-ukraine-b2859064.html05 Nov 2025 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:onj33olia72gwbsntvkl44wp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4vlrvk6322w